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As expected, the Ravens didn't use the franchise tag before today’s 4 p.m. deadline. They didn’t have any logical candidates for the tag and their tight salary cap situation would have made such a move prohibitive. That figures to change next year when the Ravens group of unrestricted free agents could include starting guards Marshal Yanda and Kelechi Osemele, cornerback Jimmy Smith and kicker Justin Tucker. A lot could happen before the Ravens have to worry about such matters. Meanwhile, wide receivers Dez Bryant (Dallas Cowboys) and Demaryius Thomas (Denver Broncos) outside linebackers/defensive ends Justin Houston (Kansas City Chiefs) and Jason Pierre-Paul (New York...

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As expected, the Ravens didn't use the franchise tag before today’s 4 p.m. deadline. They didn’t have any logical candidates for the tag and their tight salary cap situation would have made such a move prohibitive.
That figures to change next year when...

This is one time when the Ravens don't need defensive tackle Haloti Ngata to cause problems.
Free agency is set to begin March 10, and if the Ravens want to succeed this offseason, they have to negotiate a contract extension with Ngata, their five-time...

Whatever the Ravens decide on pending free agent wide receiver Torrey Smith, it will be met by a decidedly mixed reaction from fans.
I hear regularly from those who want the Ravens to pull out all the stops and re-sign Smith, and I hear just as often...

Ravens Pro Bowl nose tackle Haloti Ngata strained his left elbow during the first quarter of today's game against the Green Bay Packers.
His return was announced as probable, according to the team, and Ngata later returned to the game after...

Green Bay Packers tight end Jermichael Finley was fined $15,750 by the NFL for unnecessary roughness, a punishment stemming from his crushing block on Ravens outside linebacker Terrell Suggs.
Finley delivered a high shoulder shot to Suggs'...

One-by-one, Joe Flacco rattled off the Ravens’ various offensive deficiencies. The list was long, but the Ravens quarterback summed them up quite nicely.
“It was overall not good,” Flacco said. “You can’t expect to play that badly for that long and win a...

Green Bay Packers wide receiver Randall Cobb was having a quiet day as a receiver Sunday, but Cobb found another way to spark the Packers in the third quarter of their 22-9 victory over the Detroit Lions.
On the first play of one drive, the Packers...

— A season that began with such promise for the Washington Redskins has unraveled in rapid fashion. The team's record dropped to 0-2 here Sunday, and they looked stunningly overmatched in the process, surrendering the game's first 31 points as the Green...

Packers 22, Lions 9
Strategy: The Packers have built their offense around former league MVP Aaron Rodgers. They love putting him in the shotgun, using three-wide sets and keeping defenses on their heels with the no-huddle. They attack the whole...

Now that the NFL season is here, I’m putting a twist on my weekly Blogger on Blogger series. Each week, I hope to enlist a blogger who regularly writes about the Ravens’ opponent to help me break down the game. This week, I exchanged emails with Zach...

Ravens rookie free safety Matt Elam has only played six games in the NFL, but he is already aware of the split-second dilemma that defenders face while converging on pass-catchers in the open field and taking aim at target areas some feel are shrinking by...

Six games into the season, the Ravens are a .500 team with about 500 unanswered questions on offense.
The offensive line has often resembled a row of subway turnstiles. The running backs have shown little burst when they do find running lanes. The play...

One positive development from Sunday’s 19-17 loss to the Green Bay Packers was the return of injured wide receiver Jacoby Jones, who returned kickoffs and made an 11-yard touchdown reception in the loss.
The Ravens limited his usage, though. Jones played...

The Ravens' aggressive approach on offense backfired Sunday, triggering plenty of second-guessing.
The Ravens managed to rush for only 3 yards on four runs during a first-and-goal situation as the Green Bay Packers defense stopped running backs Ray...

The Ravens entered the 2011 NFL draft looking for at least one playmaker at the wide receiver position. They were certainly not alone. Seven wide receivers were selected in the first two rounds of the draft, including Maryland’s Torrey Smith, whom the...

The Ravens have already faced the Denver Broncos’ trio of Demaryius Thomas, Eric Decker and Wes Welker, and prolific wide receiver duos like Jordy Nelson and Randall Cobb of the Green Bay Packers and A.J. Green and Marvin Jones of the Cincinnati Bengals....

MOBILE, ALA -- Michael Campanaro had already crafted a plan, convincing the defense that he intended to run another trademark intermediate route with a quick inside fake.
Instead of cutting his pattern short at practice this week heading into...

With his long stride carrying him past defenders, Ravens return specialist Jacoby Jones followed his blocks and rapidly accelerated away from the Dallas Cowboys.Jones didn't stop until he had reached the end zone and entered the NFL record book with a...

The Ravens, one of the NFL's top drafting teams, have struggled in one area: Selecting wide receivers.
Of the 16 wide receivers drafted by the Ravens, none have eclipsed 70 catches in a season or 1,000 yards for the team. They have tried to find...